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SCHOOLS & KIDS
Teachers get another big raiseTeachers in the Mountain View Whisman School District scored a hefty salary increase for the fourth year in a row Thursday...
Original post made on Sep. 8, 2017Last comment by Joel Lachter, on Sep 17, 2017 at 10:58 pm | 13 comments | 8386 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Mountain View adopts ACLU 'Freedom City' policiesHoping to assuage lingering fears in the immigrant community, the Mountain View City Council took a new step to reassure...
Original post made on Sep. 14, 2017Last comment by LOL, on Sep 17, 2017 at 1:15 pm | 14 comments | 4587 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Fix on the way for crumbling creek trailWith only a month left before the start of the rainy season, the Santa Clara Valley Water District is moving fast on emergency...
Original post made on Sep. 14, 2017Last comment by @Resident, on Sep 17, 2017 at 6:43 am | 11 comments | 7849 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
District Attorney, Palo Alto Weekly to host juvenile justice town hallThe ==I Voice's== sister paper, the Palo Alto Weekly, is co-sponsoring a free discussion on how juvenile crimes are handled...
Original post made on Sep. 13, 2017Last comment by Interested Observer , on Sep 14, 2017 at 11:42 pm | 3 comments | 4621 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Committee shifts gears, backs earlier start date to rent controlFor an issue that has dominated several meetings and spawned several lawsuits, a final resolution came rather swiftly on...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2017Last comment by The Business Man , on Sep 14, 2017 at 2:12 pm | 26 comments | 5884 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Council balks at proposed bike rulesMountain View City Council members roundly criticized a package of changes to city laws Tuesday night that would have imposed...
Original post made on Sep. 7, 2017Last comment by Gary, on Sep 13, 2017 at 10:42 pm | 35 comments | 10082 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Supervisor proposes new civilian oversight body for Sheriff's OfficeSanta Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian is calling for a new civilian oversight body to keep an eye on county law enforcement...
Original post made on Sep. 11, 2017Last comment by choose_a_name, on Sep 13, 2017 at 6:20 pm | 3 comments | 3873 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Guest opinion: Rent control law's intent is being underminedYou may be one of the majority of Mountain View citizens who voted in November in favor of the Community Stabilization and...
Original post made on Aug. 26, 2017Last comment by The Business Man , on Sep 13, 2017 at 9:40 am | 47 comments | 7239 Views
AROUND TOWN
Bay Area hit with 1,200 lightning strikesBay Area residents could experience today similar weather conditions to those that rolled through on Monday evening, with...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2017Last comment by Sad!, on Sep 12, 2017 at 5:07 pm | 3 comments | 4449 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Burglary suspect arrestedPolice arrested a Mountain View resident earlier this week after he allegedly broke into an apartment through a window in...
Original post made on Sep. 10, 2017Last comment by Me, on Sep 12, 2017 at 3:47 pm | 6 comments | 3990 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Rental committee sets system for super-cheap housingMountain View's Rental Housing Committee on Monday approved a program for landlords to adjust rents on severely underpriced...
Original post made on Sep. 5, 2017Last comment by The Business Man , on Sep 12, 2017 at 12:51 pm | 29 comments | 9141 Views
ELECTIONS
Editorial: Hatred and bigotry not welcome hereAs the volume of racist, anti-Semitic and violence-inciting rhetoric has risen around the country over the past months, local...
Original post made on Sep. 2, 2017Last comment by Jim Neal, on Sep 11, 2017 at 2:30 pm | 32 comments | 3887 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Council balks at proposed bike rulesMountain View City Council members roundly criticized a package of changes to city laws Tuesday night that would have imposed...
Original post made on Sep. 8, 2017Last comment by Dear Prudence, on Sep 11, 2017 at 6:38 am | 6 comments | 2744 Views
AROUND TOWN
Graham parents complain about daily traffic jamBack in 2012, a trio of students hit by vehicles near Graham Middle School spurred parents and school officials to push the...
Original post made on Sep. 4, 2017Last comment by Todd, on Sep 10, 2017 at 10:09 pm | 23 comments | 6533 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Long road ahead in fight against Lyme diseaseMountain View resident Debbie Nelson has been hitting the trails at Rancho San Antonio every week, taking on the steep inclines...
Original post made on Aug. 11, 2017Last comment by Common sense, on Sep 9, 2017 at 9:45 am | 13 comments | 9721 Views
AROUND TOWN
NASA unveils plans to add 1,930-home neighborhoodOfficials with the NASA Ames Research Center announced plans on Thursday afternoon for building a massive new housing campus...
Original post made on Aug. 31, 2017Last comment by The Business Man , on Sep 8, 2017 at 1:50 pm | 51 comments | 13405 Views
AROUND TOWN
TCE discovery halts Fairchild Drive housing projectA project to build a 26 row-houses at 277 Fairchild Drive is being delayed by officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection...
Original post made on Aug. 18, 2017Last comment by The Business Man , on Sep 8, 2017 at 1:49 pm | 31 comments | 10548 Views
AROUND TOWN
Pianist Sarah Cahill performs at CSMAPianist Sarah Cahill will perform a free concert of modern American classical music on Saturday at Mountain View's Community...
Original post made on Sep. 8, 2017Last comment by Karla Kane, on Sep 8, 2017 at 8:56 am | 2 comments | 4235 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Two arrested after hours-long standoff with police, SWAT teamMountain View police arrested two people involved in a domestic dispute early Sunday morning after both allegedly refused...
Original post made on Sep. 8, 2017Last comment by valley of hungry ghosts, on Sep 8, 2017 at 1:49 am | 1 comment | 2624 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Military housing sets battleground for federal feudIn many ways, Shenandoah Square is a perfect site to help satisfy Mountain View's hunger for housing -- nearly ten times...
Original post made on Dec. 9, 2016Last comment by Patrick, on Sep 7, 2017 at 4:11 pm | 16 comments | 14463 Views
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